Oh we love it. The fun of preparing, cooking, learning, tasting and laughing.
And if you had been observant towards our group, you would have noticed the three of us hogging like happy piglets by the table at Cô Bích’s place!!
The truth is we have never seen such wonderfully crafted (and of course tasty!!) traditional Vietnamese dishes!! And to be made by the group of us, being “newbies” and some of us first-timers, it was just jaw-dropping. It was without a doubt an impressive attempt at the process. Just look at the final spread and you know what we mean… it arrested.
But as you know and we know,
the actual process of cooking is some hardship. It involves so many procedures and calls for patience and skills. Like in the process of making our Vietnamese spring roll, or gỏi cuốn,We realized how tough it was as we were readying the ingredients, to whip up a perfectly-shaped and heavenly tasting spring roll. Yes, it might seem easy… with the recipe on hand, following the procedures and then squeezing the ingredients inside the rice paper in randomness because no one sees it... But there was to be so many things in mind to take note of. For instance, the making of the peanut sauce would take time and endless rounds of trials and errors in order to achieve perfection, or the wrapping of an adequate quantity within the skin has to ensure quality presentation and size consistency; and also not forgetting, in the process of cooking, there had to be time management, kitchen orientation and dish presentation.
And if you had been observant towards our group, you would have noticed the three of us hogging like happy piglets by the table at Cô Bích’s place!!
The truth is we have never seen such wonderfully crafted (and of course tasty!!) traditional Vietnamese dishes!! And to be made by the group of us, being “newbies” and some of us first-timers, it was just jaw-dropping. It was without a doubt an impressive attempt at the process. Just look at the final spread and you know what we mean… it arrested.
But as you know and we know,
the actual process of cooking is some hardship. It involves so many procedures and calls for patience and skills. Like in the process of making our Vietnamese spring roll, or gỏi cuốn,We realized how tough it was as we were readying the ingredients, to whip up a perfectly-shaped and heavenly tasting spring roll. Yes, it might seem easy… with the recipe on hand, following the procedures and then squeezing the ingredients inside the rice paper in randomness because no one sees it... But there was to be so many things in mind to take note of. For instance, the making of the peanut sauce would take time and endless rounds of trials and errors in order to achieve perfection, or the wrapping of an adequate quantity within the skin has to ensure quality presentation and size consistency; and also not forgetting, in the process of cooking, there had to be time management, kitchen orientation and dish presentation.
Nevertheless, the three of us enjoyed ourselves and were happy with our result. Might we also add: “the entire experience was one helluva blast!!”
It was an eye-opener, truly.
Here’s a poem that we wrote for our spring roll. Enjoy.
The characters gathered.
Their colours meshed up.
Beautiful and contrasting.
The delicate skin wrapped.
The layers compressed.
A pity it concealed.
But the mystery diluted.
Its translucency to blame.
The concealed became revealed.
Then tempting beyond the olfactory,And visual, our teeth sank in.
For the moment of savory to begin.
Their colours meshed up.
Beautiful and contrasting.
The delicate skin wrapped.
The layers compressed.
A pity it concealed.
But the mystery diluted.
Its translucency to blame.
The concealed became revealed.
Then tempting beyond the olfactory,And visual, our teeth sank in.
For the moment of savory to begin.
Chúng tôi rất thích nấu ăn!!
1 comment:
WOw, các em làm thơ (write poem) giỏi quá!
You described it very well. Let's have a poem project next time then :P!
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